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Taxes

If you want to incorporate in Qatar, this article will educate you on the tax laws for a LLC which is the most common company type in Qatar.

Qatar imposes corporate tax on income derived within the territory. This means that income earned outside Qatar, from our research, and this is not personal tax advice, is not subject to taxation. Taxes are very reasonable in Qatar because the headline corporation tax rate is 10%, except for income from oil and gas operations, which is taxed at a 35% rate. Qatar ranks 34th when compared to CIT globally.

There is no value-added tax in Qatar, which ranks the country as 1st overall with regards to value added tax rate worldwide. In terms of other taxation, an employer will contribute 10% to the equivalent of a social security fund and an employee will contribute 5%. The overall complexity of the tax system is low. This is measured by average time to comply with a country's labor tax requirements is as it is 36hours. Contributing to this is the number of yearly labor tax payments, which is 11 in QA.

Thin capitalization restrictions are not in effect. Thin capitalisation refers to any sort of laws on a business and the debt-to-asset ratios.
Dividends received by a Qatar entity are not taxable. Dividends received from a foreign entity are deemed to be foreign-source income and therefore not taxable. A dividend is a distribution of a company earnings, passed by the board of directors, to shareholders.Dividends can be either shares of stock, cash payments, or other property. Capital Gains from transactions within the country are included in corporate tax base. A capital gains tax is levied on the profits that a corporation or natural person realizes when they sell sells a capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price.

Qatar does not levy withholding tax on payments on dividends to non- residents. Interest and royalties remitted abroad are subject to a withholding tax of 7% and 5%, respectively. Unless rates are reduced under a tax treaty.
There is no known tax on wealth in Qatar. There are no known inheritance, real property and transfer taxes in Qatar. There are commonly used credits for innovation and foreign investment that include tax incentives in this country.

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Qatar
QAR
Doha
Asia
Arabic (Qatar), Spanish (Spain)
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Tax treaties

Country Type Date Signed
Viet nam DTC  2009-05-08
Hungary DTC  2012-01-18
Turkey DTC  2001-12-25
Cayman Islands TIEA 2012-10-26
Monaco DTC  2009-09-17
Panama DTC  2010-09-23
Austria DTC  2010-12-30
Croatia DTC  2008-06-24
Greenland TIEA 2013-09-06
Korea, Republic of DTC  2007-03-27
Norway DTC  2009-06-29
Sri Lanka DTC  2004-11-07
Netherlands DTC  2008-04-24
Gambia, The DTC  2014-11-18
Singapore DTC  2006-11-28
Mexico DTC  2012-05-14
Pakistan DTC  1999-06-04
Portugal DTC  2011-12-12
Jordan DTC  2004-01-12
France DTC  1990-12-04
Tunisia DTC  1997-03-08
Japan DTC  2015-02-20
San Marino DTC  2013-03-17
India DTC  1999-04-07
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia DTC  2008-01-28
Mauritius DTC  2008-07-28
Cyprus DTC  2008-11-11
Italy DTC  2002-10-15
Denmark TIEA 2013-09-06
Russian Federation DTC  1998-04-20
Ireland DTC  2012-06-12
Barbados DTC  2012-12-06
Philippines DTC  2008-12-14
Syrian Arab Republic DTC  2003-10-23
Bulgaria DTC  2010-03-22
Poland DTC  2008-11-18
Faroe Islands TIEA 2013-09-06
Belgium DTC  2007-11-06
Senegal DTC  1998-06-10
South Africa DTC  2015-03-06
Bermuda DTC  2012-05-10
Luxembourg DTC  2009-07-03
Lebanon DTC  2005-01-23
United Kingdom DTC  2009-06-25
Belarus DTC  2007-04-03
Azerbaijan DTC  2007-08-28
Finland TIEA 2013-09-06
Seychelles DTC  2006-07-01
Iceland TIEA 2013-09-06
Bosnia and Herzegovina DTC  2010-07-21
Guernsey DTC  2013-02-22
Hong Kong, China DTC  2013-05-13
China DTC  2001-04-02
Kyrgyzstan DTC  2014-06-01
Morocco DTC  2006-03-17
Kazakhstan DTC  2014-01-19
Slovenia DTC  2010-01-10
Latvia DTC  2014-09-06
Sweden TIEA 2013-09-06
Greece DTC  2008-10-26
Armenia DTC  2002-04-22
Switzerland DTC  2009-09-24
Malta DTC  2009-08-26
Nepal DTC  2007-10-15
Ecuador DTC  2014-10-22
Cuba DTC  2006-11-07
Yemen DTC  2000-08-07
Serbia DTC  2009-10-02
Malaysia DTC  2008-07-03
Georgia DTC  2010-12-20
Albania DTC  2011-10-18
Indonesia DTC  2006-04-30
Isle of Man DTC  2012-05-06
Mauritania DTC  2003-12-25
Romania DTC  1999-10-04
Venezuela DTC  2006-07-28
Jersey DTC  2012-03-20

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